BIODIV ERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X Volume 21, Number 11, November 2020 E-ISSN: 2085-4722 Pages: 5438-5447 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d211152 Species composition, relative abundance, and distribution of land snail species in Mt. Lantoy Key Biodiversity Area, Cebu, Philippines RAAMAH ROSALES1,, EDGARDO LILLO2, STEVE MICHAEL ALCAZAR2, LEA COLITA1, JOED CABALLERO1, ARCHIEBALD BALTAZAR MALAKI2 1College of Arts and Sciences, Cebu Technological University. Main Campus, Cebu City 6000, Philippines email:
[email protected] 2Department of Forestry, Cebu Technological University. Argao Campus, Argao, Cebu 6021, Philippines Manuscript received: 2 September 2020. Revision accepted: 27 October 2020. Abstract. Rosales R, Lillo E, Alcazar SM, Colita L, Caballero J, Malaki AB. 2020. Species composition, relative abundance, and distribution of land snail species in Mt. Lantoy Key Biodiversity Area, Cebu, Philippines. Biodiversitas 21: 5438-5447. This study aimed to establish an inventory of land snails in Mt. Lantoy, Cebu Island, Philippines. A two-person team conducted sampling on eight permanent plots with an elevation range of 182 m-691 m. The study has listed a total of 872 individuals represented by 25 species belonging to 15 genera and nine families. Seven families belong to the air-breathing pulmonate group, Order Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae, Camaenidae, Trochomorphidae, Achatinidae, Ariophantidae, Helicarionidae, Helicinidae. Two families were under the prosobranch group, Order Caenogastopoda: Cyclophoridae, and Pupinidae. The Cyclophoridae was the richest family with five species, followed by Bradybaenidae, Camaenidae, Helicinidae, having four species. The Trochomorphidae and Helicarionidae have three species. The Pupinidae has two species, while the Achatinidae and Ariophantidae has one species each. There were three (3) endemic and ten (10) new island record species collected and identified with four (4) species that were classified as rare.